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50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp
… stamp September 6, 2023 In 1969, the Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors pursued a series of postage … to hear Regional Postmaster General Clarence B. Gels speak about Willa Cather. Also in the audience were relatives of … F. Wackerla employed 34 extra workers to help his regular staff handle the 600,000 First Day of Issue stamps. Ten Red …
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Guided Seasonal Tour
… Image Guided Seasonal Tour Ántonia's Black Hawk Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles … reading programs designed around a single NEA Big Read book, with an aim to broaden our understanding of our world, …
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Cather Sesquicentennial
… Image Cather Sesquicentennial Celebrating 150 Years We are … the Willa Cather Foundation’s Campaign for the Future . Book clubs and teachers around the country are encouraged to … from Cather's fiction, journalism, and letters written or set in Pittsburgh between 1896 and 1929 • Birthday cookies …
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Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!
… You can, too—in any season or time of year, whether for the first time or on a return trip. We offer a variety of guided … classic novel My Ántonia , published in 1918, was among the fifty titles selected by the National Endowment for the Arts …
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NEA Big Read: My Ántonia
… Ántonia Shimerda was very closely based on Cather's real-life friend, Anna Sadilek Pavelka, who immigrated to … Click below to access our booking form! Booking Form Learn more about the October 4th kick-off event Book a My … Center leadership Place-based and online creative writing workshops Traveling exhibits related to the novel (please …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting
… Image The Willa Cather Childhood Home in her restored glory (April 2024) … Image Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting Program | June 8, 2024 Willa Cather Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting A festive …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa … Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here to learn about historic site tour … of educational programming and exhibits, development of visitor amenities, and an endowment for preservation and …
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The Potter Family
… Street business district. Later J.Q. and Jacob opened the first grist mill west of Beatrice after they constructed, … War was on now and my father volunteered and spent three years in the service until the close of the war. He was … Orleans; N. F. Potter, Alma; twenty-six grandchildren, fifty great grandchildren.” (By Attorney Jas. S. Gilham) …
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Willa Cather Biography
… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … a prominent writer herself, and the three made a well-known visit with A. E. Housman, then a poet Cather much admired. … met his family and Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson, who was visiting the McClures. Among his prominent authors were …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in December of 2023 … National Willa Cather Center and participate in guided town tours of six additional historic properties related to …
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